Among the 314,573 invention applications received by China in 2009, 23,400 of which were in the field of telecom, ranking No.1 in the country, up 27.5%; 21,878 of which were in electrical machine, electrical equipment and power, up 10.4%; 16,009 were in the field of PC technology, ranking the third position, down 2.9%. 2013-07-17